Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
438,779,520 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 438,779,249 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
0.0%
100.0%
Net pay
0.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
438,779,249 KWD
Net pay
330 KWD
Tax the employer pays
271 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
601 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 330 KWD to pay you 438,779,520 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
0.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0% tax rate now rises to 0.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 5,265,354,240 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 5,265,350,985 KWD per year, or 438,779,249 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 6.2% and your marginal tax rate is 0.0%. This marginal tax rate means that your immediate additional income will be taxed at this rate. For instance, an increase of 100 KWD in your salary will be taxed 0 KWD, hence, your net pay will only increase by 100 KWD.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 KWD bonus will generate an extra 1,000 KWD of net incomes. A 5,000 KWD bonus will generate an extra 5,000 KWD of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 2806444578
46.7%
1
Canada
KWD 2446838354
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 4738816728
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 4370245027
17.0%
2
Singapore
KWD 4106978937
22.0%
3
Indonesia
KWD 0
32.4%
4
Vietnam
KWD 0
35.0%
5
Pakistan
KWD 3422481628
35.0%
6
Thailand
KWD 3422484488
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 3268909451
37.9%
8
New Zealand
KWD 3211869355
39.0%
9
Taiwan
KWD 3159220280
40.0%
10
Malaysia
KWD 3106512315
41.0%
11
China
KWD 2895953552
45.0%
12
Japan
KWD 2837656785
46.1%
13
Australia
KWD 2790643646
47.0%
14
South Korea
KWD 2744769544
47.9%
15
India
KWD 605952284
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 4660265234
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 3817381996
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 3534372511
32.9%
3
Panama
KWD 3514625996
33.3%
4
Mexico
KWD 3422481736
35.0%
5
Argentina
KWD 3422480254
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 3404053262
35.4%
7
Peru
KWD 3225031891
38.8%
8
Colombia
KWD 3211747087
39.0%
9
Uruguay
KWD 3197973927
39.3%
10
Chile
KWD 3159220030
40.0%
11
Ecuador
KWD 3003704493
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 3830545263
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 3685748123
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 3592682466
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 3581493992
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 3483032136
33.9%
5
Mozambique
KWD 3422480934
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 3238192947
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 3205811307
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 3190742178
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 3159212895
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 2895947883
45.0%
11
Uganda
KWD 2895945928
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bahrain
KWD 5212697958
1.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
KWD 5002086528
5.0%
2
Qatar
KWD 5002086528
5.0%
3
Kuwait
KWD 5265350985
6.2%
4
Oman
KWD 4844125901
8.0%
5
Saudi Arabia
KWD 5265349822
8.4%
6
Egypt
KWD 3949015765
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 0
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 3066595022
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 2632684634
50.0%
10
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NOTE* Deductions are calculated based on the tables of Kuwait, income tax. For simplification purposes some variables (such as marital status and others) have been assumed. This document does not represent legal authority and shall be used for approximation purposes only.

NOTE** Since January 1st, 2015, employee contributions to Kuwait's social security have increased by 2.5%, for a total of 10.5%. After a certain salary cap, the contribution goes back to 8%.